Speakeasy is proud and excited to announce that we will have a FREE, ALL AGES stage at this year’s Sound Session festival!

Official press release:
Step right up, as the sensational spectacle that is Speakeasy partners with Sound Session for a full day of fabulous entertainment!

Join Speakeasy at our outdoor stage as part of Providence’s premier genre defying music festival, Sound Session! From noon until late night we will be reviving the grand tradition of VAUDEVILLE – come see acts that you know and love from past Speakeasies as well as some new surprises! Best of all, entertainment is FREE all day and night!

From 12 noon onwards, enjoy a range of variety acts, from live music to dancers to side show and circus performers! Be mesmerized by the mysterious enchantment of belly dance performed by Tempest and Ameena. Come see flappin’ and tappin’ by vintage showgirls Kristen Minsky and the Tropigals, and campy dance theatrics by the Risky Businessmen! Enjoy circus arts by the Grasshopper Collective and side show stunts by Billy Boston as well as the Finnegan’s 10 in 1 Side Show! Ginger B. Goode performs whip and knife tricks to thrill and amaze with a saucy burlesque inspired twist, and Baroness Blitzen Von Schtupp will also grace the stage with a PG-13 comedic burlesque preview (come see the “adult” version after the parade)!

Daytime live music will be provided by the Dirge Carolers (dark cabaret), Niki Luparelli and the Gold Diggers (lounge/cabaret), The Headcutters (rockabilly), the Bourbon Boys (bluegrass), Johnny Carnevale and the Rollin’ Pins (rockabilly/R&B), and Miss Wensday and the New Medicinals (cabaret/jazz/blues)!

Then at 10:30, come support the Speakeasy gang in the official Sound Session Parade around Kennedy Plaza! There will be performers, glitz, music, pinup ladies, and more and the party doesn’t stop there!

After the parade, Extraordinary Rendition Band will lead the march back to our stage, where we will crown the winner of the Narragansett Beer “Miss Hi Neighbor” pageant! Then join us for a burlesque review with performances by Bettysioux Tailor, Sparkles McTitsy, Legs L’amour of the Dazzling Dames, and Baroness Blitzen Von Schtupp! And if that isn’t hot enough for you, the Grasshopper Collective will demonstrate the art of fire twirling, juggling, and fire breathing! Extraordinary Rendition Band then reclaims the stage and plays their raucous brand of live brass until you can’t dance anymore.

Come beat the economic recession blues the way it was originally done, at the Speakeasy stage at Sound Session!

Saturday July 24th, Grants Block, Union and Westminster St., Providence, RI. 12 noon-2 am. Free, all ages for daytime acts.